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You seem to have an axe to grind. Your total of 6 posts include 3 which refer to some supposed fight on a Thomsonfly flightdeck between some DEC and an FO. There is no evidence to back up this quite ludicrous rumour and certainly nothing in the company which I am aware of.
Stopping hiring DECs has NOTHING to do with upsetting
bitter and twisted F/O's
and by the way it is Direct Entry Captain recruitment that has stopped, not Direct Entry Pilot recruitment (DEP as you refer to).
The reason DEC recruitment has stopped is because there are now large numbers of FOs with the required experience level and desire, through the internal bid process, to fill the command vacancies. The company were a little slow to action these bids and quite rightly our union representatives pointed out that the (easier) option from the company point of view, i.e. DECs should stop and those who were internally applying should be assessed and offered commands first.
It could also be due to this dual 767/757/737 rating they are trying for, but the CAA don't seem to like giving lowcost operators any special treatment like this. How can they argue that the 737 is the same as the 757/767???
Again, uninformed speculation from someone who has no idea. The flying of more than one type has nothing to do with 'arguing' that a 737 is anything like a 75/767. No 'special treatment' from the CAA is needed. What is needed is a trial to ensure that the practice of flying this combination of types is safe, as no precedent exists. The CAA have granted Thomsonfly the authority to have pilots fly the two types. The decision as to whether they roll this out across the pilot workforce will come down to economics. DEC recruitment has NOTHING to do with the future plan of flying more than one type.
So if you haven't got anything of substance to add, why not say nothing at all?
PP
p.s. How did your assessment go?